The sky is no longer the limit…..
-- Richard M.

Our school has been participating in the Asian Regional Space Settlement Design Competition for the last three years. Every year twelve students from our school are selected to witness and participate in this esteemed competition held at ORC Manesar. This program was not only truly technical but also helped us to improve our interacting skills, teamwork, and also stirred a spirit of leadership in everyone.

When we cleared the quarter-final round, our excitement had no bounds and the two months between the quarter-final results and the semi-finals (held at Manesar) went into full time research.

At the competition, our school was teamed up with three other schools – Bishop Cotton Boys School (Bangalore), Shrewsbury International School (Bangkok) and Beacon House School (Pakistan). Our so formed team consisted of forty members, making it really hard to communicate and work on a single fifty page project. The most unorthodox experience was to stay awake for thirty six hours straight, not having the energy even to talk, but still trying to complete the project.

The workshops by various scientists and engineers from NASA were truly overwhelming. I can remember the one by Heather Paul (Engineer and member of mission support team for NEEMO 14 at NASA); she talked about various space suit and ECLSS (environmental control and life support system) technologies used by NASA for space travel.

This one week at ORC Manesar gave us an experience impossible to forget yet difficult to imagine.

It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and reality of tomorrow…..
--Robert Goddard

By Kunwar Agrawal
7D

Cancer Awaness
The spread of cancer is highly alarming with 12.6 million new cases being diagnosed every year and 7.6 million dying of it yearly. Considering the current scenario, there is likely to be a 100% increase in the rate.

The S6, S5 and junior students of the Interact Club of our school have been tirelessly working with their heart dedicated to this noble spirit of community service. We are proud to announce that they have managed to raise a sum of Rupees Seventy Thousand, which has been contributed to the NGO Can Support, in its fight against cancer. On the 4th of February 2013, students will join a ‘Walk for Life’ organized by the NGO.